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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004Fat Cat on Hunger Strike After Owner Goes Away
Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily. Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home. Shelter officials said 6-yo Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself and suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his owner and stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose weight. A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get his appetite back, shelter head Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her flat on the first night and that's giving us hope his condition will improve." Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say.  SignatureThe One-and-only Holy Moses Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't want to be negative, but I sure don't feel good about his chances to regain his health and lose all that weight. He's grieving for his owner and old home on top of his health problems. Sherry >Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our >collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't want to be [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Sherry You're very perceptive. I wish this kitty could get quickly into a loving home environment-- that would surely help his recovery. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our >collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. Right you are. We're sending out all we can muster for the poor guy. Hoping against hope he can be helped as soon as possible. Jeanne > Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our > collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sherry Purrs for the big guy. :( If he's going to make it he's going to need some seriously dedicated slaves and lots of purrs. SignatureCheryl > Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our > collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't want to be [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sherry You're right - we will send health and serenity purrs to this poor kitty. It's a sad story, and I hope everything works out okay for the little guy. ------ Krista Purrs for this poor baby to recover! Christine > Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has > gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than > about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. Tears filled my eyes for that poor bewildered German cat, in his mind he's lost everything. Purrs that someone's love and care will coax him back to mental and physical health to live a long cat-life. Only good thing about all this is that his notariety may insure his quickly obtaining a good forever home, if his health holds up. : Purrs for this poor baby to recover! : Christine [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] : > Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than : > about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040410/ids_photos_w l/ra2175698876.jpg Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't know how to make the link smaller > Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has > gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than > about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040410/ids_photos_w l/ra2175698876.jpg > Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't > know how to make the link smaller Thanks. I should've put that in originally, but didn't think of it in time. He appears happy enough in the photo, not in pain or anything. I expect, since he's only 6, he'll bounce right back as the excess poundage is shed. Given that Bild has a *huge* distribution over there, I suspect the shelter already has a list of people offering him a home. I showed Killer the picture and told him that if he doesn't do more sit-ups he's going to look like that. I received one of *those looks*... SignatureThe One-and-only Holy Moses > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040410/ids_photos_w l/ra2175698876.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I showed Killer the picture and told him that if he doesn't do more sit-ups > he's going to look like that. I received one of *those looks*... Lol! That's Squeaky's personal goal in life, to weigh that much. The ironic thing is that my little chubbette who is overweight is more active than the three other slim, average size cats. She runs through the house chasing the others to play, she slams onto the cat tree and performs gymnastics, and leaps for the feather on a stick. The others go "yawn". Eve http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040410/ids_photos_w l/ra2175698876.jpg > >>Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't > >>know how to make the link smaller [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I showed Killer the picture and told him that if he doesn't do more sit-ups > > he's going to look like that. I received one of *those looks*... > Lol! That's Squeaky's personal goal in life, to weigh that much. The > ironic thing is that my little chubbette who is overweight is more > active than the three other slim, average size cats. She runs through > the house chasing the others to play, she slams onto the cat tree and > performs gymnastics, and leaps for the feather on a stick. The others go > "yawn". Oh, Killer's active enough - he runs, jumps (sorta), scrambles... All mostly in response to being tormented by Chaos, who's 1/4 his size and a smartass. He just can't bend in the middle. At all. Squeezing his torso feels like squeezing a wee hairy oaken keg. SignatureThe One-and-only Holy Moses >>Lol! That's Squeaky's personal goal in life, to weigh that much. The >>ironic thing is that my little chubbette who is overweight is more [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > He just can't bend in the middle. At all. Squeezing his torso feels like > squeezing a wee hairy oaken keg. Awww! What a cute image! Eve > Lol! That's Squeaky's personal goal in life, to weigh that much. The > ironic thing is that my little chubbette who is overweight is more > active than the three other slim, average size cats. She runs through > the house chasing the others to play, she slams onto the cat tree and > performs gymnastics, and leaps for the feather on a stick. The others > go "yawn". Maybe Squeaky is healthy at that weight, then? If she's fit and can run and play, why is it a problem that she's chubby? Joyce > > Lol! That's Squeaky's personal goal in life, to weigh that much. The > > ironic thing is that my little chubbette who is overweight is more [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Joyce Oh, she definately is healthy and I don't consider it a problem at all. Even though her blood work is good, the vet has suggested she lose a few and others have commented on her "solidness"; I just think she's "rubenesque". But she's happy, active, affectionate and glossy. Why would I want a svelte, crabby, kitty who whines for food constantly instead of playing like a kitten (They were all six this March). If she ever approaches the "obese" mark and can't/won't keep up her activity then we'll see about doing something about it. Eve > Oh, she definately is healthy and I don't consider it a problem at all. > Even though her blood work is good, the vet has suggested she lose a few [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > ever approaches the "obese" mark and can't/won't keep up her activity > then we'll see about doing something about it. Smart assessment of the situation! Joyce > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/040410/ids_photos_w l/ra2175698876.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than > > about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. I'm hoping that there's a mistake in the reported weight. I saw the picture when the story first came out and my reaction was that there was no way the cat in the picture weighs 41 lbs based on pictures I've seen of other overweight cats. It's hard to judge from the picture, though. >I'm hoping that there's a mistake in the reported weight. I saw the >picture when the story first came out and my reaction was that there >was no way the cat in the picture weighs 41 lbs based on pictures I've >seen of other overweight cats. It's hard to judge from the picture, >though. >I'm hoping that there's a mistake in the reported weight. I saw the >picture when the story first came out and my reaction was that there >was no way the cat in the picture weighs 41 lbs based on pictures I've >seen of other overweight cats. It's hard to judge from the picture, >though. There was another photo when this story first came out that I found on google news. A woman was holding the cat against her body, stomach facing the camera. It was unbelievably huge, and in tthat photo, looked every ounce of 41 pounds. Sherry Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that photo, if the link still works. You can really tell how big he is in this one. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081222508291.html Sherry > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that photo, if the > link still works. You can really tell how big he is in this one. > > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081222508291.html > > Sherry Oh dear. >Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that photo, if the >link still works. You can really tell how big he is in this one. > >http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081222508291.html > >Sherry Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, but that belly is HUGE SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, >but that belly is HUGE I've never seen a cat that wide, even in a photo. Still, he reminds me so much of my old cat Cherokee. He was overweight too, but only about 25 lbs. I wish a had a better pic of him, but he died before I got a digital camera. I think that's why this cat's plight disturbs me so much. http://members.aol.com/sriddles/cherokeesherry.jpg http://members.aol.com/sriddles/cherokee.jpg Sherry > http://members.aol.com/sriddles/cherokeesherry.jpg That's one big kitty kat! SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> http://members.aol.com/sriddles/cherokeesherry.jpg > >That's one big kitty kat! He was my alltime favorite cat, ever. He was mean as the devil and not afraid of anything. He was fat when we got him, and he was only 3. He lived to be 17. The people that had him relinquished him because he was beating up their dog. He was PTS March 30, 2000 for kidney failure. Sherry > >> http://members.aol.com/sriddles/cherokeesherry.jpg > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry He looks like he was a real bundle. I like the way your outfits match in the picture. :-) > I've never seen a cat that wide, even in a photo. Still, he reminds me so much > of my old cat Cherokee. He was overweight too, but only about 25 lbs. I wish a > had a better pic of him, but he died before I got a digital camera. I think > that's why this cat's plight disturbs me so much. Cherokee is big, yes, but doesn't look dangerously overweight to me. What a nice, fuzzy tuxedo! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > >Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, > >but that belly is HUGE > > I've never seen a cat that wide, even in a photo. Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com OMG, that one looks fatter than the overweight German cat. : > >Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, : > >but that belly is HUGE : > : > I've never seen a cat that wide, even in a photo. : : Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com >OMG, that one looks fatter than the overweight German cat. > >"CajunPrincess" <CajunPrincess@mail2world.com> wrote in message That's what I thought when I saw the pic. Course we'd have to see them in the same pose, since the Bride's pose really shows off the belly. I tried to show these pix to Little Bit to show why she's on a diet, but she wasn't interested >news:993d20dc.0404132107.3deb8601@posting.google.com... >: sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >: >: Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com That's very disturbing. SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com Oh my. That's awful. It makes Cherokee like a mere slip of a cat. Poor thing. I did read that Guiness has stopped accepting applications for "Fattest Cat." they were afraid it would encourage people to *make* them fatter. Good for them. Sherry >> >Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, >> >but that belly is HUGE >> >> I've never seen a cat that wide, even in a photo. > > Check out "Bride of Tubcat" at www.Tubcat.com Iy yi yi. Shadow needs to be on the "other cats" page. I submitted his picture on mycathatesyou.com from when he came home from surgery and looked just soooooo mad at me. http://www.mycathatesyou.com/newlist.asp?CatName=shadow_032404 SignatureCheryl Wahh! It wouldn't let me open. It said "Site under construction".. I want to see Shadow! > Wahh! It wouldn't let me open. It said "Site under construction".. I > want to see Shadow! It is still working for me. Hmm... I think you've seen that pic before anyway. It's the one of him sitting on the couch glaring at me, wrapped up in surgical bandages. SignatureCheryl > Wahh! It wouldn't let me open. It said "Site under construction".. I want to > see Shadow! I get the same thing. Pooh. ------ Krista >> Wahh! It wouldn't let me open. It said "Site under construction".. I >> want to see Shadow! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ------ > Krista Weird. I cleared my cache and tried it and it still loaded his picture. http://www.mycathatesyou.com/newshowcat.asp?CatName=shadow_032404 SignatureCheryl > >> Wahh! It wouldn't let me open. It said "Site under construction".. I > >> want to see Shadow! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Weird. I cleared my cache and tried it and it still loaded his picture. > http://www.mycathatesyou.com/newshowcat.asp?CatName=shadow_032404 I can see it now - poor Shadow! I must say, though, mycathatesyou.com seems to be the appropriate site for that pic. ;-) ------ Krista >>Oh my, I had seen the other picture and didn't think he looked bad, >>but that belly is HUGE [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Sherry Nice pix, and certainly no lightweight LOL SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that photo, if the > link still works. You can really tell how big he is in this one. Poor, poor kitty. -- Marina > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that > photo, if the link still works. You can really tell how big he is in > this one. > http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/07/1081222508291.html Oh, what a gorgeous kitty! But he sure doesn't look happy. I hope they can bring his weight down safely. Obviously, he needs to lose some so he can have mobility again. But I worry about fatty liver syndrome, which is a real danger when a cat, especially a fat cat, loses too much weight too quickly. It's important to monitory his liver function very closely if he's on a strict diet. I hope they're being very careful about this. Joyce > > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that > > photo, if the link still works. You can really tell how big he is in [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Joyce You forget the cat's in Germany and he's being cared for by a shelter employee. They've probably already plotted out his meals, vitamin supplements and exercise regimen for every day in the next five years. :-) > > > Sorry to follow up my own post, but I went digging and found that > > > photo, if the link still works. You can really tell how big he is in [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > supplements and exercise regimen for every day in the next five years. > :-) I hope he gets a little massage in there too. I was always SO impressed that massage was considered part of university students health benefits in Germany. I tried to convince my college that it should be in the U.S. too, but we Americans are SO wierd about that being a "health" treatment. I live in hope however..... > You forget the cat's in Germany and he's being cared for by a > shelter employee. They've probably already plotted out his meals, > vitamin supplements and exercise regimen for every day in the next > five years. :-) LOL. Well, that is a relief. I do worry about liver failure, because I've seen a few cats go through it, and it's a very scary illness. Also, because people are so weird about fat, I worry that they might try to hurry along the weight loss too much. Crash diets aren't great for people, but they can be deadly for cats. But if he's in a shelter, then they undoubtedly know this - and medical care will be easily available if he needs it. Joyce >You forget the cat's in Germany and he's being cared for by a shelter >employee. They've probably already plotted out his meals, vitamin >supplements and exercise regimen for every day in the next five years. >:-) But, the most recent update indicates the cat has gone on a hunger strike and is refusing food. That's a real cause for concern, and would likely kill him quicker than the extra pounds. Sherry Poor Mikesch! I do hope he starts eating and regains his health, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has > gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his > owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily. > Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so > overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming > exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home. <snip oh no :( Poor cat. I wish his human had relatives who could have kept Miskesch. We will purr and pray that he loses weight but regains his good life. Poor baby. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has > gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than > about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say. > They said he felt lost without his owner and >stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose >weight. I hear the cat has been making remarkable progress on his diet. They just sent me this photo of him ;-) http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg > > They said he felt lost without his owner and > >stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > me this photo of him ;-) > http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg LOL! Is that Boots? -- Marina >http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg > >LOL! Is that Boots? Yes, it's Boots. When I first saw the fat cat photo I thought "So that's what Boots would look like if he were obese." > > They said he felt lost without his owner and > >stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > me this photo of him ;-) > http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg LOL!! That's Boots and your hubby isn't it? >LOL!! That's Boots and your hubby isn't it? Yes, it's Boots. Dead but not forgotten :-D Perhaps when Boots died his soul went into the German cat then he used mind control to force the old man to give him 3 lbs of ground beef a day. Boots did love to eat, especially ground beef ;-) >> They said he felt lost without his owner and >>stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >me this photo of him ;-) >http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg Amazing progress, but now you've got me worrying about how fast he's losing the weight. I don't remember now how long ago the first pic was taken, so went back and looked at the link Sherry provided and it's only a week old, so that pic must be old. But, like someone just noted, since he's in a foster home with someone from a shelter I hope they're monitoring him closely. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >> They said he felt lost without his owner and >>stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > just sent me this photo of him ;-) > http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg lol SignatureCheryl |
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